Accompanying Low Income People Group to Have Access of Clean Water

Supply: A Case Study of Sukamaju Village, Sukamulya Sub-district, Garut

district, West Java, Indonesia

Hadi Pratomo, Asri Marsita and Titi SariFaculty of Public Health,

the University of Indonesia

Indonesia

• 17,000+ islands (6,000 inhabited)• 243,000,000 inhabitants (2010 est.) –

4th largest country and largest Muslim country in world• 500+ languages spoken – one official language: Bahasa Indonesia• Highly decentralised system of government (30 provinces)

Background

1. Sukamaju hamlet, Sukaresmi sub-district

2. Household: 240

3. Low education & economic level

4. Bad physical infrastructure

5. Fifty % access clean water

The Challenges Faced

• Existing active community forum• History of bad local governance

Inaccessibility to local decision-makers (district legislative members)

Lack of on-side supervision (accompanying?)

Assessment comm engagement POLICY ADVOCACY

ter time of actual implementation (community engagement in 2009 – implementation 2011)

1. Lack of communication skills

2. Proposal writing skills

3. No accessibility to local stakeholders and decision-makers (incl. Local legislative body)

4. ith similar condition

Results of Assessment and Advocacy

Lessons learned for Students/ Community

Students:

1. Practical experience in health advocacy

2. Hands-on community empowerment

3. Production of short video package, tool for advocacy

Community:

1.First direct contact with local legislative body

2. Wrote a proposal of clean water supply

3. Link with local non-government organization

How It could be done better:

ter time of actual implementation (community engagement in 2009 – implementation 2011)

1. Shorter time of actual implementation (community engagement in 2009 – implementation 2011)

2. Ability to replicate the approach by nearby hamlet with similar conditionith similar condition

Impact to the Community

1. Empowering skills strengthened

2. Increased self-confidence

3. Accessibility to clean water supply increased

Pratomo, Hadi; Marsita, Asri and Sari, Titi. Laporan Pendampingan Masyarakat Desa Terpencil Memperoleh Akses Sumber Air Bersih: Kasus Kampung Sukamaju, Desa Sukajaya, Kecamatan Sukaresmi, Kabupaten Garut, Jawa Barat (Report of on-side Supervision of Isolated Community to Have Access to clean water supply: A Case Study of Sukamaju Hamlet, Sukajaya village, Sukaresmi sub-district, district of Garut, West Java), Direkorat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Masyarakat, Universitas Indonesia, 2010 (Directorate of Research and Community Service, the University of Indonesia), 2010.

• Hadi PratomoFaculty of Public Health, the University of Indonesiapratomohadi@gmail.com

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